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Tabouret Louis Xvi

Louis XVI Style Giltwood Tabouret
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Louis XVI style giltwood tabouret, late 19th century, having a needlework top, above ribbon
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Stools

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Wood

Louis XVI Style Giltwood Tabouret
Louis XVI Style Giltwood Tabouret
H 18 in W 28 in D 16 in
Louis XVI Style Creme Painted Tabouret
Located in Essex, MA
Circular newly upholstered muslin seat with a gouilloch'e carved seat rail and raised on four legs with a stretcher. Property from the estate of William Hodgins Inc. Boston.
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Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Stools

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Beech

Louis XVI Style Walnut and Needlepoint Upholstered Tabouret Bench
Located in Germantown, MD
A Louis XVI style walnut tabouret bench late 20th century, having a needlework top, above ribbon
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Late 20th Century American Louis XVI Benches

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Upholstery, Walnut

20th C. Louis XVI Style Tabouret Upholstered in Velvet with Brass Nailhead Trim
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c., a Louis XVI style tabouret with concave sides to a rectangular upholstered seat, raised on
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Vintage 1980s American Louis XVI Footstools

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Silk, Velvet, Wood

Small French Walnut Pied de Tabouret Foot Stool, Pierre Frey Upholstery, C. 1900
Located in Dallas, TX
walnut, is in the style of Louis XVI.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Footstools

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Upholstery, Wood, Walnut

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18th Century Italian Louis XVI Tabouret
Located in Natchez, MS
18th century Louis XVI gilt wood tabouret with very exuberant proportions. Upholstered in a funky
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Stools

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Giltwood

Pair of Louis XVI Style Blanc Vernis Tabourets
Located in Fresno, CA
A pair of Louis XVI style tabourets in blanc vernis finish. With a new floral silk lampas
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Stools

Louis XVI Style Carved and Painted Tabouret France Late 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
A Louis XVI Style Carved and Painted Tabouret/Window Seat, France Late 19th Century/Early 20th
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Benches

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Wood

A Pair of Fine Louis XVI Style Tabourets
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pair of well carved walnut stools, the seats lifting out of tops molded, the sides bowed, and resting on fluted, shaped legs ending in water leaves on small toupie feet.
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Benches

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Walnut

A Pair of Fine Louis XVI Style Tabourets
A Pair of Fine Louis XVI Style Tabourets
H 18.5 in W 20 in D 15.25 in
Neoclassical Louis XVI Style Tabouret Stool Bench Czechoslovakia circa 1910
Located in Houston, TX
and see them first! A charming Neoclassical Louis XVI style carved, painted and gilded circular
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Early 20th Century Czech Neoclassical Stools

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Leather, Paint, Wood

Louis XVI Tabouret
Located in New Orleans, LA
XVI Tabouret stool is made of antique Giltwood and features detailed acanthus foliage carving on all
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Antique 19th Century Louis XVI Stools

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Giltwood

Louis XVI Tabouret
Louis XVI Tabouret
H 21 in W 19 in D 19 in
Louis XVI Style Bergere with Tabouret
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI style bergere with tabouret, wood carved decorations, cream paint with gilt details
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20th Century French Louis XVI Bergere Chairs

Louis XVI Style Bergere with Tabouret
Louis XVI Style Bergere with Tabouret
H 36.5 in W 28.5 in D 28.5 in
Louis XVI Style Tabouret
Located in Hudson, NY
This nicely made carved and painted wood tabouret or foot stool retains its original French fabric
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Early 20th Century French Stools

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Wood, Fabric

Louis XVI Style Tabouret
Louis XVI Style Tabouret
H 18.5 in Dm 15.5 in
Pair Louis XVI Style Upholstered Tabouret Stools
Located in New York, NY
Pair Louis XVI style upholstered Tabouret stools.
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Mid-20th Century Louis XVI Stools

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Wood

Neoclassical Louis XVI Style Upholstered Footstool Tabouret
Located in Essex, MA
A neoclassical Louis XVI style tabouret foot stool, the seat upholstered in green gaufrage velvet
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Footstools

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Beech

Pair of Louis XVI Style Black Tabourets
Located in Houston, TX
A Classic pair of 20th century Louis XVI black Louis XVI style tabouret upholstered in a charcoal
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20th Century Louis XVI Ottomans and Poufs

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Wood

Pair of Louis XVI Style Black Tabourets
Pair of Louis XVI Style Black Tabourets
H 20.38 in W 20 in D 18.5 in
Pair of Louis XVI Silver Giltwood Tabourets
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 1940s Louis XVI silver giltwood tabourets newly upholstered in a gray mohair.  
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Ottomans and Poufs

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Wood, Giltwood

Pair of Louis XVI Silver Giltwood Tabourets
Pair of Louis XVI Silver Giltwood Tabourets
H 18.25 in W 12.25 in D 12.25 in
Louis XVI Style Giltwood Fur Tabouret
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Louis XVI style giltwood ottoman newly upholstered in white Icelandic longhair
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Antique 19th Century Ottomans and Poufs

Materials

Sheepskin, Wood

Matched Pair of Louis XVI Tabouret
Located in Essex, MA
Oblong upholstered seats, the frame carved with ribbon twist design, raised on circular tapered fluted legs.
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Antique 19th Century French Benches

Materials

Wood

Matched Pair of Louis XVI Tabouret
Matched Pair of Louis XVI Tabouret
H 16 in W 25.75 in D 12.5 in
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Carved Stool or Tabouret
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful weathered Louis XVI style carved stool or tabouret. Beautiful wood carved decoration
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Stools

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Wood

French Louis XVI Style Antique Giltwood Marble Tabouret Stool, circa 1870
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A very nice tabouret stool in the Louis XVI taste from the third-quarter of the 19th century, it
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Footstools

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Marble

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Carved Stools or Tabourets
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful pair of weathered Louis XVI style carved stools or tabourets. Gilding and giltpaint
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Stools

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Wood

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Carved Stools or Tabourets
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful pair of weathered Louis XVI style carved stools or tabourets. Beautiful wood carved
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Stools

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Wood

Louis Seize Tabourets, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Four Louis seizes stools out of poplar wood on carved legs with upholstered seats and sides
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Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Stools

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Poplar

Louis Seize Tabourets, 18th Century
Louis Seize Tabourets, 18th Century
H 27.17 in W 15.56 in D 26.78 in
LOVELY FRENCH LOUIS XVI STYLE PAINTED AND GILT TABOURET
Located in Houston, TX
LOVELY FRENCH LOUIS XVI STYLE PAINTED AND GILT SQUARE TABOURET/STOOL
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Antique 19th Century French Ottomans and Poufs

Materials

Wood

Pair of Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Style Carved Stools or Tabourets
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful pair of oak Louis XVI style carved stools or tabourets. Wonderful and very well hand
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Stools

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Oak

19th Century Spanish Gilded Louis XVI Style Carved Stool or Tabouret
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful gilded Louis XVI style carved stool or tabouret. The base and its gently curved legs are
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Antique 19th Century Spanish Rococo Stools

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Wood

19c. French Giltwood Tabouret
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Giltwood bench, having stuff-over seat with nailheads, apron carved with gadrooning and rosettes, raised on round fluted legs.
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Benches

19c. French Giltwood Tabouret
19c. French Giltwood Tabouret
H 18.5 in W 23 in D 20.5 in
20th C. Louis VXI Style Tabouret Upholstered in Cut Velvet with Gimp Braid Trim
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c., Louis XVI style tabouret with concave sides to a rectangular upholstered seat, on
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Vintage 1980s American Louis XVI Footstools

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Silk, Velvet, Wood

Pair Of Louis XVI Style Upholstered Stools
Located in London, GB
A wonderful pair of French Louis XVI Style Tabourets or stools. Upholstered in a lovely pale green
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Vintage 1910s French Louis XVI Stools

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Velvet, Wood

Pair Of Louis XVI Style Upholstered Stools
Pair Of Louis XVI Style Upholstered Stools
H 13.78 in W 17.72 in D 17.72 in
20th Century Louis XVI Style Tabouret
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI style tabouret, France first half of 20th century, carved and painted wood. With four
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Vintage 1970s French Louis XVI Side Chairs

Louis XVI Style Giltwood Tabouret Stool
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Louis XIV style tabouret footstool featuring a needlepoint top and brass nail head trim. Turned and
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20th Century French Louis XIV Stools

Antique French Louis XVI Gold Gilded Stool/ Tabouret
Located in Doha, QA
This elegant and decorative 18th century Louis XVI Stool or Tabouret has an original chalk-white
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Stools

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Gold

Louis XVI Revival Giltwood Stool or Tabouret, 19 C
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XVI revival giltwood stool or tabouret, 19th century, in the manner of Georges Jacob (French
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Antique 19th Century Louis XVI Stools

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Fabric, Giltwood

Pair of Louis XVI Style Tabouret Stools Column Form Footstools Over stuffed
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair of Louis XVI style Tabouret stools. Pair of column form footstools in the Louis XVI fashion
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Vintage 1950s Unknown Louis XVI Benches

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Bergère à Oreilles with Tabouret
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French late 19th century Louis XVI style painted wood and upholstered Berge`re a` Oreilles
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Bergere Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Carved Stools or Tabourets
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful pair of weathered Louis XVI style carved stools or tabourets. Traces of old color France
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Stools

Materials

Wood

Pair of 19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Mongolian Hair Hide Tabourets
Located in Houston, TX
A chic stylized pair of 19th century Louis XVI style giltwood stools newly upholstered in Mongolian
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Louis XVI Stools

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Fur, Giltwood, Lambskin, Leather, Wood

French Belle Époque Carved Giltwood Antique Tabouret Foot Stool, 19th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A crisp and finely carved tabouret foot stool in the Louis XVI taste, this is a most striking
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Footstools

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Fabric, Giltwood

A Louis XVI Carved and Upholstered Tabouret
Located in New York, NY
A Louis XVI Carved and Upholstered Tabouret, France 18th Century
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Ottomans and Poufs

Materials

Wood, Upholstery

Swedish Louis XVI Painted Tabouret
Located in Seattle, WA
Lovely Painted Louis XVI Swedish tabouret with new Schumacher Leopard tapestry
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Swedish Footstools

Materials

Wood, Paint, Fabric

Swedish Louis XVI Painted Tabouret
Swedish Louis XVI Painted Tabouret
H 16.5 in W 18.5 in D 16.5 in
Louis XVI Style Giltwood Tabouret
Located in San Francisco, CA
A French Louis XVI style relief-carved giltwood X-frame tabouret, upholstered in antique Italian
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Antique 19th Century French Stools

Materials

Giltwood

Louis XVI Style Giltwood Tabouret
Louis XVI Style Giltwood Tabouret
H 20 in W 30 in D 26 in
Set of Four Louis XVI Tabourets
Located in New York, NY
A Set of Four Italian Louis XVI Walnut Tabourets with Tapering Square Legs and Drop-In Rush Seats
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Vintage 1940s Italian Stools

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Walnut, Rush

Set of Four Louis XVI Tabourets
Set of Four Louis XVI Tabourets
H 18 in W 16 in D 16 in
A pair of Louis XVI style tabourets
Located in Long Island City, NY
The striped silk upholstered seats on four stop fluted legs on flower carved blocks on leaf carved tips. The legs joined by a molded incurved stretcher centered by a large well-carve...
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Antique 19th Century French Footstools

A Carved and Painted Louis XVI Style Tabouret
Located in New York, NY
A Carved and Painted Louis XVI Style Tabouret, Semi- Attached Cushion
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Vintage 1940s French Ottomans and Poufs

Materials

Wood

A Very Fine Louis XVI Giltwood Tabouret/stool
Located in New York, NY
Square padded seat covered in close-nailed polychrome floral silk, on a leaf-tip-carved seatrail, on foliate-headed
turned tapering legs ending in toupie feet.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Benches

Materials

Wood, Silk

A Louis XVI Style Parcel-Gilt Grey Painted Tabouret
Located in Riverdale, NY
the rectangular padded seat in a molded frame carved cartouches on turned tapering fluted legs with brass feet upholstered in brass butttoned cow hide
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Vintage 1940s French Benches

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Beech, Paint, Cowhide, Hide

A Pair of Louis XVI Carved and Painted Fauteuils and Tabouret
Located in New York, NY
A Large Pair of Louis XVI Carved and Painted Fauteuils and Matching Tabouret
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Louis XVI style circular tabouret (stool in French), France c.1890
Located in Houston, TX
A Louis XVI style circular tabouret (stool in French) from the Belle Epoque period in France c.1890
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Antique 19th Century French Belle Époque Stools

Needlepoint Tabouret
Located in Houston, TX
Louis XVI style tabouret or footstool, desirable large scale, with a partially completed
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Antique 19th Century French Footstools

Needlepoint Tabouret
Needlepoint Tabouret
H 17 in Dm 24 in
French Painted Tabouret
Located in New Orleans, LA
French painted and upholstered tabouret in the Louis XVI taste, circa 1820
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Antique 19th Century French Stools

Materials

Wood

French Painted Tabouret
French Painted Tabouret
H 21 in W 18.5 in D 16.5 in
Pair of Gilded Tabourets with Original Silk and Garniture
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair of Northern Italian gilded tabourets in the Louis XVI taste, with period silk upholstery and
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Antique 19th Century Italian Footstools

Materials

Wood

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Tabouret Louis Xvi For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic tabouret louis xvi available at 1stDibs. Each tabouret louis xvi for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, animal skin and fabric. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer tabouret louis xvi, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A tabouret louis xvi is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Louis XVI and Rococo styles are sought with frequency.

How Much is a Tabouret Louis Xvi?

Prices for a tabouret louis xvi start at $400 and top out at $12,282 with the average selling for $1,608.

Finding the Right Seating for You

With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.

Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.

Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.

The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.

Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.

With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.

Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.

No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.

Questions About Tabouret Louis Xvi
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024
    To identify Louis XVI chairs, first familiarize yourself with the characteristics of the design style by looking at images found on trusted online resources. Often, Louis XVI chairs rest on straight, column-like legs, and their frames show off intricate carvings such as scrollwork rosettes, fluting and ribbon twists. Typically, chairs from the era have recessed arms connected to the front of the seat via an elegant curve. Artisans of the period typically constructed chairs in mahogany, walnut or oak wood. If your chair has these features, it will likely be an original Louis XVI piece or a reproduction based on one. To tell antiques apart from contemporary chairs, consider their overall condition.

    Due to their age, originals will likely show some signs of wear, and you may be able to spot visible tool marks or slight irregularities in the carvings due to their handcrafted origins. A chair that looks unused and is completely uniform with no tool marks is less likely to be an original. When in doubt, check with a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer.

    On 1stDibs, find a selection of Louis XVI chairs.